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precedented

🇬🇧 UK🇺🇸 US
C2

Definitions

adj.

Having a prior example or precedent; not novel or without parallel

有先例的;有前例可循的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
prebefore
+
cedgo, yield, move
+
entperforming, being in a state
+
edpast tense / completed
=precedented

Common Collocations

  • 1.fully precedented完全有先例的
  • 2.[well precedented]有充分先例的
  • 3.historically precedented历史上有先例的
  • 4.[precedented action]有先例可循的行动

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The use of emergency powers in this situation is fully precedented in wartime law.

  • 2.

    Unlike her predecessor's bold reforms, her approach was cautious and precedented.

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